Top New CMS Plugins, December 2020

Looking for the best new CMS plugins to take your website to the next level? Well look no further.  In this post, we’ll cover a list of the best new CMS plugins for December 2020. This article will include useful plugins for WordPress, Shopify, Craft, and Joomla. Let’s get started… WordPress OptiPic images optimization OptiPic… Continue reading Top New CMS Plugins, December 2020

Small animations; big impact

[unable to retrieve full-text content] The effect of small animations on the user experience and how they improve important KPIs such as conversion rates and discoverability. Two user studies were carried out with more than 140 participants to underpin the findings. Animations are often included in modern user interfaces to bring life into the design… Continue reading Small animations; big impact

3 Essential Design Trends, December 2020

The end of the year tends to be busy for a variety of reasons and it can limit some of the freshness we see in designs during much of the year. Regardless, there are a few trending design elements. What we are seeing right now is rooted in deep simplicity with a focus on the… Continue reading 3 Essential Design Trends, December 2020

4 Creative Ways to Design a Festive Website

The holidays are fast approaching. But that doesn’t mean it’s too late to get a new website online or to make your existing one look festive for the holiday season. When it comes to decking the halls of your website with a little festive cheer, how do you do this without spending loads of money… Continue reading 4 Creative Ways to Design a Festive Website

35 Best Minimalist Fonts (Clean Modern Fonts to Download Now)

When you’re working on a minimalist design, you need just the right font to complement your work and bring all the elements together.  That’s why we’ve created this list of the 35 best minimalist fonts you can find at Envato Elements and GraphicRiver.  Unlimited Font Downloads at Envato Elements Envato Elements offers a stunning collection of the best minimalist… Continue reading 35 Best Minimalist Fonts (Clean Modern Fonts to Download Now)

Best Lightroom Presets Of 2020

22 Shares Best professional Lightroom presets for photographers, photography retouch and designers. An amazing Lightroom presets are developed to enhance the beauty of your photos & speed up your photo editing workflow. These presets will help to edit your photos like a pro even out lighting, color correct white balance for lighting, brighten, and add… Continue reading Best Lightroom Presets Of 2020

Game Dev STEM Bundle from SoftWeir for Only $1!

October 30, 2020 by Noemi Game developers, or aspiring game developers, we’ve got a treat for you. No tricks. The Game Dev STEM bundle is the perfect opportunity to dive into the world of video game creation without breaking your budget. Humble Bundle, together with SoftWeir, is offering $344 worth of software and resources for… Continue reading Game Dev STEM Bundle from SoftWeir for Only $1!

Movie Poster Design 101: The Anatomy of a Movie Poster

The humble movie poster is one of the oldest and most effective promotional tools for movie studios. Whether you’re looking to emulate your favorite movie poster design or learn more about how to make a movie poster, consider this your ultimate guide to the anatomy of movie poster design.  Double exposure poster template for Photoshop… Continue reading Movie Poster Design 101: The Anatomy of a Movie Poster

7 Ways Designers Can Streamline Client Communication

90% of web designers need to engage their clients with ongoing communication and collaboration. Effective communication is key to delivering for your design clients and maintaining your relationship with them. Without the right communication process and tools, it can eat into the time you need to get their project done as well as lead to… Continue reading 7 Ways Designers Can Streamline Client Communication

5 Trends In IT Outsourcing (and How To Capitalize Them)

The pandemic has certainly revolutionized the way we all work. It turned remote working into a new standard of doing business, forced companies to reinvent themselves and provide new services, and even changed how people relate to businesses everywhere. All of those will surely have lasting effects that we can fully fathom today. There are… Continue reading 5 Trends In IT Outsourcing (and How To Capitalize Them)

PHP Namespace Tutorial: The Basics

In this tutorial, I’ll go through the basics of namespaces in PHP. I’ll explain why you might need namespaces, and I’ll show you how to use PHP namespaces in your day-to-day development. More often than not, you will end up using third-party libraries from different vendors in your PHP applications. Now, there could be collisions… Continue reading PHP Namespace Tutorial: The Basics

36 Awesome Stream Overlays Using an OBS Stream Overlay Maker

Looking for your next OBS stream overlay for your webcam or Twitch channel? Check out these free Twitch overlays and premium options to set your stream out from the pack. Create your own OBS overlay with a Twitch overlay maker.  If you’re new to streaming and want to make your stream look cool and put… Continue reading 36 Awesome Stream Overlays Using an OBS Stream Overlay Maker

3 Essential Design Trends, September 2020

A seasonal change is on the horizon and that always has me looking to refresh projects. This month’s design trends provide a few different ways to do that without ripping up your entire website. Here’s what’s trending in design this month. Animated Heroes (That Aren’t Video) Hero headers and screens that feature video animation have… Continue reading 3 Essential Design Trends, September 2020

All About Avenir & Fonts Similar to Avenir

Created by legendary type designer Adrian Frutiger and released in 1988, Avenir is one of the most widely used typefaces in corporate branding. Repeatedly voted by designers as one of the most beautifully designed typefaces, the Avenir font family was Frutiger’s masterwork and continues to be popular in logo design and brand identities today.   Read more… Continue reading All About Avenir & Fonts Similar to Avenir

5 Must-Have Web Developer Tools to Help You Become Efficient

Web developers are miracle workers who execute their clients’ visions by building websites that meet their needs. Being a web developer requires skills, talent, and hard work. However, you need more than certificates and a reliable wifi connection to be an efficient web developer. Specific tools can contribute to the coding process or bring all… Continue reading 5 Must-Have Web Developer Tools to Help You Become Efficient

What Is Art Nouveau?

The ornamental Art Nouveau design style emerged in France in the late 19th century and became widely popular across Europe, with the style applied to art, architecture, posters, jewellery, furniture, and textiles.  Alphonse Mucha’s artwork for Dance, 1898. Although Art Nouveau had fallen out of fashion by 1910, contemporary designers and illustrators are now revisiting… Continue reading What Is Art Nouveau?

Gotham Font History: From GQ to the Barack Obama Campaign

Have you ever wondered what font Obama uses? In this article, we uncover the story of the Gotham font, the most used typeface of the 21st Century. If typefaces could represent one specific person, that would be Gotham as the Obama font. In the 2008 American election, you’ll notice that Barack Obama used typography as… Continue reading Gotham Font History: From GQ to the Barack Obama Campaign

20 Unmissable Websites, July 2020

After six months of uncertainty 2020 is finally beginning to find a style of its own. There are nods to Brutalism, a delightful blending of 80s pastels with 90s primaries, and the font style of choice is anything but geometric sans-serif. In this month’s collection of the freshest sites from the past four weeks you’ll… Continue reading 20 Unmissable Websites, July 2020

How to Create a Stylish Magazine Layout in Affinity Publisher

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a simple and stylish magazine spread using Affinity Publisher, the great-value and easy-to-use alternative to Adobe InDesign. Affinity Publisher templates are great foundations for creating your own unique magazine designs—here you’ll learn how to create an editable magazine spread for an online magazine,… Continue reading How to Create a Stylish Magazine Layout in Affinity Publisher

30+ Free Signature Fonts (Script Fonts to Download Now)

Don’t let a less than outstanding signature hold you back. Instead, try a cool signature font and create a unique signature you can be proud of. Try a premium signature font from Envato Elements, like Magnolia Stylish Signature Font Today we’ll share with you over 30 free signature style fonts as well as a selection… Continue reading 30+ Free Signature Fonts (Script Fonts to Download Now)

Show Them Your Assets – Tips for Handing Off Designs to Developers

You’ve been working away at your latest design project, and the client has given the go-ahead on your lovingly created digital concepts. Now it’s time to bring those designs to life, and you have a developer queued up to do just that. So your part’s done, right? Not quite. You’re going to want to make… Continue reading Show Them Your Assets – Tips for Handing Off Designs to Developers

Not All Traffic is Created Equally: Measuring The Importance of Traffic Sources & Setting UTMs

There’s no shortage of ways in which you can generate traffic towards a website, and the list seems to be growing on a daily basis. For every new traffic generation method, there are thousands of fresh sources of traffic for businesses to tap into.  Plenty of people find themselves so caught up in focusing on… Continue reading Not All Traffic is Created Equally: Measuring The Importance of Traffic Sources & Setting UTMs

WordPress Developer Skills and practices You Should Master in 2020-21

19 Shares Turning into a WordPress developer is difficult to buckle down, genuine difficult work. You would need to place in a ton of time, challenging work, devotion, and center to turn into a first-class developer. There is space to turn into an average developer, that way you won’t put so much time and exertion… Continue reading WordPress Developer Skills and practices You Should Master in 2020-21

50+ Best Heart Graphics (Vector, Clip Art, Pixel)

Hearts are among the most popular of graphics, so today we’re focusing on heart graphics. This heart shape vector is just one of many heart graphics you can find at Envato Elements Here comes a whopping list of over 50 of the coolest heart graphics to be found at Envato Elements. Enjoy! Heart Graphics at Envato Elements (Unlimited Downloads) If you love… Continue reading 50+ Best Heart Graphics (Vector, Clip Art, Pixel)